During the Second World War, the U.S. became the first nation to adopt a semiautomatic battle rifle as a standard issue weapon for her armed forces, in the guise of the M1 Garand, which General Patton lauded as “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” However, other Allied nations and Axis powers alike were content to […]
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